Canada federal election Oct. 15
CBC News will bring you the latest news from the campaign trail in our live blog every weekday from now until election day, Oct. 19.
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The election live blog is signing off. We will be back at 7 a.m. ET tomorrow will all of your campaign coverage. We'll leave you with a few images from the day of campaigning in Quebec.
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau gives the thumbs-up as he leaves NDP Leader Tom Mulcair's Outremont riding after a day of questions about his former campaign co-chair Dan Gagnier'd work with TransCanada Corp. Susan Ormiston/CBC.
Conservative Leader Stephen Harper poses with a supporter at a campaign event in Thetford Mines, Que., Thursday. Jonathan Hayward/Canadian Press
NDP Leader Tom Mulcair poses for selfies with supporters at a rally in Sherbrooke, Que. Thursday. Ryan Remiorz/Canadian Press - in Vancouver
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Good morning! Welcome to CBC's daily election live blog. Today's focus is on Quebec, where all three party leaders will spend the day. We'll carry their appearances live, and bring you any other breaking news from the campaign trail. -
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Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau will get as started in about 20 minutes. In the meantime, here's a look at some of CBC's coverage as election day nears.
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What family would invest their life savings in a home near a marijuana store, a brothel or a drug-injection site.
Ads claiming Trudeau supports brothels target ethnic social conservatives
With polls suggesting momentum is behind the Liberals, the Tories have unveiled a set of attack ads designed to appeal to their social conservative base by drumming up fears of a Trudeau government. -
Meanwhile, Conservative Leader Stephen Harper faces his own questions about drugs - specifically, support from Toronto Coun. Rob Ford and his brother Doug.
The support we've had from those individuals for our party is longstanding.
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The "values" gambit is like political nerve gas. It ignores the law, but it often works, and campaign generals cannot resist reaching for it when things get desperate.
What a real debate about Canadian values would look like
The phrase "Canadian values" is the slipperiest euphemism in this country's political vocabulary, and it is being thrown around more than a little in this particular campaign, Neil Macdonald writes. -
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Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau's first stop today is in the new riding of Ahuntsic-Cartierville, a district that was won in 2006, 2008 and 2011 by Maria Mourani of the Bloc Quebecois. Mourani is running again in the riding, but this time under the NDP banner.
The Liberals have fielded a star candidate to run against her: former Montreal mayoral hopeful Melanie Joly. She hopes to recapture the seat for the Liberals, which held it until 2006. - Canadian Press
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Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau will no doubt face questions about this:
Liberal campaign co-chair steps down after advising TransCanada on lobbying next government
Justin Trudeau's national campaign co-chair is stepping down after he sent a detailed email to people behind the Energy East pipeline with advice on how and when to lobby a new government — including a Liberal minority. -
Justin Trudeau's live stream is up and running. No sign yet of the Liberal leader.
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Trudeau is in the Montreal riding of Ahuntsic-Cartierville.
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Stephen Harper is out of touch and come election day will be out of time, Trudeau says.
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Justin Trudeau takes the podium in Montreal's Ahuntsic-Cartierville riding #cdnpoli #elxn42 http://t.co/Xr3bN6OOVQ
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Trudeau repeating the stump speech of the last few days: Look at the Liberals' platform, not the polls. Says Liberals have the most aggressive platform.
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Trudeau reiterates that income splitting for seniors will stay in place.
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Justin Trudeau in Quebec says his is one of the most progressive platforms in Canadian history-trying to woo ndp voters #cdnpoli #elxn429:46 AM - 15 Oct 2015
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"We have the chance to take this country from Stephen Harper and give it back to Canadians," Trudeau says.
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Trudeau asked about national campaign co-chair Dan Gagnier, who stepped down after he sent a detailed email to people behind the Energy East pipeline.
Trudeau says Canadians expect real change after Stephen Harper. The need for accountability is the reason Gagnier stepped down and took responsibility. "We will demonstrate a level of ethics and responsibility that Canadians deserve."
Trudeau is asked if he was aware, and how much did Gagnier contribute to the Liberal's energy policy.
Trudeau says he had nothing to do with Liberal energy policy, because they knew he had energy clients.
Trudeau asked why the Liberals initially defended Gagnier.
"We demonstrated within 24 hours of finding out about this letter" the accountability Trudeau expects from everyone around him, Trudeau says.
Trudeau says Gagnier had always acted appropriately before this. "We take ethical standards and responsibilities extremely seriously."Liberal campaign co-chair steps down after advising TransCanada on lobbying next government
Justin Trudeau's national campaign co-chair is stepping down after he sent a detailed email to people behind the Energy East pipeline with advice on how and when to lobby a new government — including a Liberal minority. -
Trudeau asked why Quebecers should trust him.
Trudeau said he's heard from Quebecers during his seven years in office, and will invest in infrastructure right now. Touts middle-class tax cut.
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Q: Where do you stand on Energy East?
Trudeau says Dan Gagnier won't have anything to do with the campaign for the "long-term future."
Trudeau says the government's job is not to push pipelines, but to set up a system that allows communities to be reassured. Governments issue permits, but communities give permission, he says. -
Why are you going to Outremont (Mulcair's riding)? And what do you think about the Ford brothers' support of Conservative Leader Stephen Harper?
On the first question, Trudeau says he's happy to speak about the Liberal party with all Canadians. "I refuse to choose which places I want to represent and which places I want to forget about." No politician can take anyone for granted, he says.
"Stephen Harper should be embarrassed" that he has to rely on the support of Rob Ford for re-election.
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Trudeau chastises the crowd for groaning at a journalist's question about Gagnier.
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Trudeau says Conservatives have a history of saying technically no rules were broken. Says Liberals took action on Gagnier within 24 hours.
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NDP Leader Tom Mulcair is up next at 10:30 a.m. ET, in Alma, Que. In the meantime, we'll bring you photos, video and any reaction that surfaces after Justin Trudeau's first appearance. We'll also bring you any breaking news from the campaign trail as well as a look at CBC's in-depth election coverage from coast to coast.
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NDP candidate Charlie Angus released the following statement today:It's not even election day and already the Trudeau team are having to kick out key liberal insiders for engaging in back room lobbying deals. The fact that Mr. Trudeau has had to kick out his election co-chair Dan Gagnier for opening back channel lobbying to Energy East insiders shows that Justin Trudeau's claims of 'new politics' is really just more of the back room, old boys club."I respectfully ask Mr. Trudeau to explain why his key point man on the election was doing outreach to insiders pushing a controversial pipeline proposal. It appears that Mr. Trudeau's insiders are playing by the same tainted rule book as the discredited Harper Conservatives."Mr. Trudeau may have thrown Mr. Gagnier under the election bus but he needs to come clean with Canadians on whether Gagnier will be part of Justin's inner circle of advisors once the election is over."It was revealed that on Monday, Mr. Gagnier advised TransCanda Corporation on how to lobby a new government to get their controversial Energy East pipeline built.Mr. Gagnier has previously been associated with the Bruce Carson scandal, where he was in the loop about influence peddling and illegal lobbying.
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It's no secret the Liberals and the NDP have spoken out against the oil industry, and that riles some people here.
Oilpatch players feeling 'nauseous' before federal election
Politicians aren't the only ones with butterflies in their stomachs as we head into the final stretch before the federal election. Oilpatch players are worried about what a change in government might mean for their sector. -
You may have heard there's an election going on. You may have also heard there's a Canadian baseball team doing well.
And, on Monday ... they collide.Panicking about next Monday a little bit... Jays vs. Election. So. Much. Excitement. ????????⚾️9:29 PM - 14 Oct 2015- Reply
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Dilemma! Baseball+political junkie Enright anchoring @cbcradio #elxn42 Mon. night, also #bluejays Game 3 vs Kansas (producer @CitizenTalin)9:11 AM - 15 Oct 2015- Reply
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Jason Kenney gets a roar from the crowd w Jays result. Says his blue team will also come from behind, win. #elxn42 http://t.co/kJ8mRgS7F9
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Certainly, if Mr. Harper has the most seats after the election, he can go to the Governor General and say, 'I got the most seats, so I get to try.' But that's the sentence. He gets to try. - Bob Rae
What happens if Harper wins the most seats but not a majority?
With opinion polls suggesting no party is likely to form a majority government on Monday, the question widely asked at this point in the campaign is, "What happens if Stephen Harper wins the most seats but does not reach a majority?" -
Polls are open for 12 hours across the country on election day. The voting hours are staggered so that the majority of results are available at approximately the same time on election night.
Voting hours by time zone (local time)
(Jays game starts at 8 p.m. ET)
Newfoundland: 8:30 a.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Atlantic: 8:30 a.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Eastern: 9:30 a.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Central: 8:30 a.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Mountain (and Sask.) 7:30 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Pacific: 7:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
An electoral district might span more than one time zone. In that case, the returning officer determines the voting hours for the district (with the approval of the Chief Electoral Officer). -
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau held a campaign event in Montreal earlier this morning. (All photos: Paul Chiasson Canadian Press)
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We were totally taken advantage of. This is like what they do to people to make them want to quit.
Advance poll workers decry 'absolutely terrible' work conditions
Elections Canada workers are calling on the agency to overhaul its labour standards after describing their working conditions as "awful" and "intolerable" during advance polls in Toronto. -
We asked 30 people to explain what's motivating them to cast a ballot. For this voter, it's because she wants Canada to be an inclusive country.
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He acted in an inappropriate way a few days ago and when we found out about it, we sat down with him and he chose to do the responsible thing and step down from our campaign.
Justin Trudeau calls Dan Gagnier's letter to pipeline officials 'inappropriate'
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau said Thursday that his former campaign co-chair Dan Gagnier's letter to a number of people pushing for the Energy Easy pipeline to be built was "inappropriate," and that Gagnier has decided to step down from Trudeau's team for the "long-term future." -
Canadian Press: At an event organized in Brampton, Ont., on Wednesday night, several different high-energy Bollywood acts took the stage ahead of a speech by Conservative Leader Stephen Harper. Laureen Harper, wearing a royal blue tunic, and in bare feet, jumped from her seat to join actor Vinay Virmani in a dance number as hundreds of people cheered her on. Her husband greeted her with a hug when she returned to her seat, and at the start of his speech a bit later on joked he hoped he wasn't being upstaged.
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It was not made prominent that you could just go on election day to your polling station.
Hey Elections Canada, you can still register at the polls!
Their message just hasn't been registering. A voting advocacy group says telling people to register before heading to the polls is leading to confusion and frustration. But this week, Elections Canada say they're finally changing their tune. -
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau was asked this morning about Rob and Doug Ford's support for Conservative Leader Stephen Harper:
What bothers me most is the misogyny.
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ICYMI:
If everybody knew that their cell phone, their laptop, their iPad was being bugged, there'd be a lot more outrage
Entrepreneur donates $1 million to fight anti-terror law C-51
Vancouver tech entrepreneur Frederick Ghahramani is pledging $1 million to the effort to repeal Bill C-51, the federal government's anti-terrorism bill. He argues that it is a gross violation of Canadians' privacy rights - and that it's bad for business. -
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Today, NDP Leader Tom Mulcair first sets his sights on the Lac-Saint-Jean riding of Denis Lebel, the Conservatives' Quebec lieutenant.
Mulcair then heads to two other ridings the NDP took from the Bloc Quebecois in 2011: Compton-Stanstead and Sherbrooke. - Canadian Press
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And everybody's officially in Quebec...
Conservative Leader Stephen Harper and his wife Laureen arrive in Trois-Rivieres, Que. (Jonathan Hayward/Canadian Press)by CBC News -
NDP Leader Tom Mulcair's event in Alma, Que., is underway.
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